#to be clear I don't think this affects my consumption of other books

[romanoffmorelikebromanoff]

okay, so I think maybe reading too much fic has affected how I approach actual books, but only specifically when they're star wars books that deal with the star wars main characters, bc I'm reading bloodlines rn (by Claudia Gray) which is about Leia and I am enjoying it! but for some reason reading Official, Totally Canon Leia feels weird even though it's objectively not

[livlepretre]

I was wondering when did Elena exactly become accustomed to the horrific actions of her vampire suitors? I know it must’ve been a gradual change, but my guess is that after she was rescued from her 3 year exile, she must’ve acknowledged the fact that she must accept to live with these murderers without being phased or bothered (as long as she’s not the focus of the violence) in order to enjoy her life to an extent. Like to me, in FE 64 it seemed like her moral compass was so unbalanced compared to the usual (maybe it seemed like that to me because we had to wait a while for the update but idk) - it was clear that one of the main themes of this chapter was to emphasize the mental change Elena has underwent since the beginning of the story. Would you be able to give us some insight?

Also how are you how are you doing? I’m planning on starting to read 100 years of exile and some of your other book recommendations cause I need to get my mind off of this fic in order to not torture myself on waiting for the update. 💝💐

Quite a question.

I think a lot of this actually starts on the show before the point of canon divergence.

In episode 7, she slaps Damon because of how "[he] hurts people"-- this, to me, is an expression of Elena's baseline sense of morality-- a very normal, well-adjusted disgust against harming others, and a willingness to take and articulate a moral stand-- and to back it up with force if necessary. She does her best here, and she also does her best a few episodes later to try to stop Damon from opening the tomb-- in large part to prevent the tomb vamps from escaping and wreaking havoc, if I recall correctly. (If I don't, forgive me: it's been like a decade since I've watched season 1).

(actually, this probably means I should go rewatch season 1 now)

By the end of the season we get some unnerving hints at things. She's not too torn up by Stefan attacking that girl at the founder's ball. Isobel gives her that warning about the path she's on so long as she has a Salvatore on each arm.

then: she forgives Damon for murdering her brother. HUGE red flag. Yes, it was undone, but he still did it.

She also moves on from Caroline eating that guy in 2x02 like it was just a small misdemeanor. Remember, it's Bonnie who cares that that happened, Elena just wants to move on with helping Caroline adjust.

then, in Kill or Be Killed, Damon, Caroline, and Stefan are responsible for the murders (and consumption!) of the Sheriff's deputies. Elena literally does not bat an eyelash. It's astonishing. I feel like SO much more weight should be given to this, because she literally hangs around while people she presumably knows at least as acquaintances get murdered. but she pretty much just moves past it because the ones doing the murdering are her friends and beloveds.

We have tons more examples-- classmates getting dropped like flies, acquaintances getting killed and eaten-- she's less and less affected by it.

I think she has a horror in the beginning of Fairytale Ending by the scale and the gruesomeness of the vampire attacks she witnesses-- but a lot of it is also tied up in her feelings of powerlessness. She tried to help Sasha and Zoe. They both died. Klaus promised her not to kill Matt-- so he had Stefan do it instead. But even in those early chapters, with things like the head detaching and rolling across the parlor floor, or the party where Stefan drains all of the guests, or any other incident-- she's not really thinking about the specific horror of those people dying. She's thinking about her jealousy, her relationship with Stefan, how she pities him and feels so upset on his behalf; she's analyzing her power dynamics with Klaus, and Rebekah, and the sexual dynamics between Klaus, Rebekah, and Stefan.

The only REAL horror she seems to have is when she kills that witch-- because that is the first murder on her hands-- and later, when she sets up Klaus to murder their way out of the compound in chapter 22.

She gets over it, but it does stick with her.

Like, she can and does cope by reminding herself of what they would wish to do to her.

There is a lot of bloodshed after that, at the Abattoir when they return, but she's by now got skin in the game in terms of finding the bloodstone, and she's seen a lot, and it's only the ones she loves that she actually cares about.

That's why Tyler's torture haunts her. She loves Tyler, and his torture was her fault.

She faces this directly within herself that summer in exile with Rebekah-- she realizes that Rebekah's out hunting, sometimes, and she decides not to be upset about it. It definitely took her exile and loneliness and emotional catharsis and survival to get to this point, and it did transform her. She talks about this explicitly around the time she arrives in New York-- she tells Klaus that their hunting won't bother her and points out, with Rebekah confirming, that she never complained a peep about it over the summer.

So by the time she's in New York, she's definitely observing a lot of their predatory behavior, fully aware of where it's going, and she's not especially affected by it. Like, there is still revulsion there, still unease and horror, but it gets less and less with time.

I did want to bring this transformation in Elena into focus in this last chapter, which is why it's brought up numerous times, but really, she's been on the road to this level of non-concern for quite a while. Hopefully, if you ever plan a reread, with the chapters back to back rather than spaced months (or years!) apart, this will gel more fully and feel more gradual.

And! did you ever read 100 years of solitude? because! that is just so my very favorite book of all time!

[paperstorm]

The recent anon about fandom recovery after controversy made me want to ask something I’ve never been brave enough to but feel like you’ll give me an honest answer even if you don’t agree you’ll be respectful. Is it ok to like (love) Harry Potter? I know JK Rowling is problematic these days but those books, the films, the world she created meant (still mean) a lot to me but people say I shouldn’t be giving her money by buying merchandise and I shouldn’t like Harry Potter because she’s a terrible person etc. What do you think?

As for the Tarlos/Lonestar fandom I hope it will be ok. The majority of people I saw seem to be able to separate actors and characters so there is still a lot of TK love out there. As long as it doesn’t affect the acting and chemistry, and thus the characters we love then I think we’ll be ok. I don’t think it will (people have speculated they hate each other for years, or they’d lose the chemistry after Ronen got married and none of that has come to pass) so fingers crossed.

PS it would help if they went back soon. Has anyone been able to find out when they’ll start filming. I got hopeful when Ronen posted about getting in shape for S5 but that’s disappeared so I don’t know if they are still months away from going back. Natacha seems to be in the UK.

I am not any kind of authority on whether it's 'okay' to like anything honestly, I have my opinions but that doesn't mean I get to tell other people what they're allowed to like. Personally, as someone who grew up with Harry Potter and loved it to pieces and still has so much fondness for the story and the characters, I think that what matters in a boycott is not giving new money to the thing. The BDS movement as an example is very clear about like, if you already own an HP laptop (which I do), it doesn't make any sense to throw it out and buy a new one made by a different company. You already have it, you can't un-spend money on it. I think the principle holds for something like the Harry Potter franchise. I own the books, I own DVDs of all 8 movies. I have owned them for years, rereading them or rewatching them is not giving Joanne anything that she doesn't already have. That's very different from purchasing the new video games, and that, for me, is where I draw the line. I see no problem in continuing to love something that you already loved, my boundary is giving new money to it.

I do think it's important also to be able to recognize problematic content within media that you love. Again, I'm nobody's mother, I have no right to demand that everybody do this. But an important step that I take in my media consumption is looking with a critical eye at the things I'm consuming and recognizing where there are elements that are problematic that I need to be able to identify so that I don't let harmful ideas creep into my brain and make themselves at home without realizing it. Her portrayal of the goblins is incredibly antisemitic. Other problematic things exist like naming the Chinese character Cho Chang and having a 'race' of slaves that only one character seems to have an issue with. Harry Potter isn't the first medium to feature harmful tropes and it isn't the last either, and part of being an ethical consumer of any show/movie/book is putting in even a bit of work recognizing that and understanding that nobody is immune to propaganda. I still love Lone Star even though there is an element of copaganda to it. It doesn't mean you have to only consume content that is ethically pure - because that doesn't exist. It just means being willing to put in some work recognizing the harmful parts.

[elio-monroe]

here are some more thoughts on that "fiction affects reality" bs. putting it under a read more bc its going to be mostly rambles and not well phrased. also just kinda want to get my thoughts out on it so this is purely for me.

i feel like there are three-ish four main things that people, even far more educated people, keep bringing up as evidence that "fiction affects reality". the first one is the whole "cats aren't suppose to drink milk but old cartoons made people think thats okay!". and like c'mon this one is soooo weak. humans and cats have existed together for a very long time. though our understanding of their bodies and what is good or bad for them is fairly new knowledge. and for a long time we believed that cats (and other animals) should be good at self regulation and that they would intrinsically know what is poison to them. obviously we know that isn't always true nowadays, but farmers in the earlier half of the 1900s certainly didn't! i mean you accidentally spill some milk and your farm cat runs to go lap it up and purrs at the same time, of course you are going to think cats like and are okay with having milk. especially when you won't see the effects of the consumption until years later (and even then it would have to be a lot of milk to actually do damage to your cats lifespan), and thats if the cat lives that long and doesn't get killed by a coyote or run over by car or something. and so guess what, when animators started animating cats they'd occasionally animate them drinking some milk because that was very normal and real life cats reinforced this idea. animators didn't just come up with it because they thought it would be cute. and anyone who does still give their cats milk does so out of ignorance (as in they just don't know better) and not because they saw tom from tom and jerry drinking milk. the "jaws affect" is another one i see brought up. but like, before jaws the movie came out there was a book, and that book is based off the real first shark attack to ever happen. after the very real attack people were understandably scared of the beach and sharks, because again they didn't know much about sharks, they didn't understand them or how they worked. they were simply big ass fish with teeth that are so incredibly strong and better at swimming then us. by the time the movie came out, we had some better understanding of sharks but a lot of it was still pretty fresh and people were already still scared of sharks because, again, the very real attack that happened in REAL LIFE. the jaws movie did not create a fear of sharks. did it elevate the fear because it was a big hit, sure. but it didn't create the fear, it didn't create the mass hunting of sharks, it exists as a scary movie to SCARE PEOPLE. its a horror movie! thats what its suppose to do! i mean when i came out of the movie nope it was mid day and the sky was pretty clear except for one cloud and i felt anxious about that! even though i knew it was a fictional movie, it was so good that it unnerved me for a bit. jaws is a really fucking good movie, its scary, its well made, the shark looks super real. but the film wasn't made to make you hate sharks and think they should all die, its about a fictional shark that has a taste for human blood. its ridiculous. the mass hysteria about sharks was already at the tipping point, but it was real people who let their feelings get the best of them after viewing a movie. now its time to talk about "birth of a nation", "hays code", and other propaganda. though honestly this one probably won't be that long. to simply put it, propaganda is not at all the same as fictional media. all fiction, even really shitty fictional stories and art, is suppose to at a base level make you think. propaganda at any level is made to put thoughts in your head. propaganda works because it targets people who were already susceptible to its messages. racism and the kkk didn't pop into existence because of their stupid ass propaganda film. homophobia wasn't created out of the hays code. these things were born out of actions and laws that were already in place. they were made to reinforce real life hatred that was already going on for decades.

i just think if you ever find yourself thinking a piece of art, or a book, or a film, or a cartoon is going to bring about massive damage to the population because of its contents think about what that content is and what in real life might have inspired the creator. think about its reach, think about what context its being shown in. and finally remember this quote from vonnegut about the vietnam war: "...every respectable artist in this country was against the war. It was like a laser beam. We were all aimed in the same direction. The power of this weapon turns out to be that of a custard pie dropped from a stepladder six feet high."

[potatosteinsillustrations]

The LGBTQIA+ Collective deserves more than being hidden and obscured.

While a bit of old news let's talk about this: A friend of mine passed me this link (read the articile it is actually really good) a couple of days ago and we landed on the same conclusion: How lame it is to see Epic half assing this.

Pride is a ceebration but also a rallying event to demand basic human rights for a collective and as such corporations shouldn't half ass their "support" by hiding any references to the LGBTQIA+, it is such a retrograde move that hurts the collective a lot, more than they think as it empowers the alt-right.

Epic's message is clear: they aren't willing to commit, they just want to cash in... Which is a horrible way to celebrate the diversity of their fanbase. It says a lot of the company's (not talking about employees, more on that bellow) stance on basic human rights: they don't care enough to commit. Epic decision to obscure and hide the collective is tactless in an era in which LGBTQIA people are harrassed and stripped off their rights. This decision most likely has nothing to do with the people in the company which are employees, this kind of stuff is usually a decision made at the executive levels, I don't think most Epic employees would agree this was a good celebration of the LGBTQIA community.

With all this said it comes as no surprise after the poor handling of 2021's Rainbow Royale:

I stopped doing Fanart of the game around that time and later I uninstalled both Fortnite and the Epic Store app from my computer mostly because of the CEO's lax moral compass which allows him to side with transphobes just because they were briefly against Apple (FWIW I don't own Apple products nor do I care about 'em)

Pro PR tip: You never, ever side with book burning, homo/transphobes, alt-righters.

And lemme be clear: I'm not saying Sweeney is a homo/transphobe, I'm saying I can't see eye to eye with a person who is willing to put his beliefs in human rights topics on pause to side with a transphobe. The fact that he is more willing to be vocal about his fight against Apple, to defend Elon Musk and Twitter blue and on the other side actually being OK with hiding and obscuring the very community they are supposedly celebrating with Rainbow Royale tells me I don't want to use his store and products, at all.

And it is ironic that he has the nerve to say this:

I'm not saying you should cancel Epic or its CEO, stop doing fanart or uninstall anything from your computer/console, I made that decision for myself and I'm no one to tell you what you do. You do you without remorse (as long as you don't harm anyone around you).

What I'm saying is: Epic do better dammit. Epic's history with the LGBTQIA is one of employees doing their damn best trying to celebrate a collective they actually care for but marred by stupidly short sighted executive decisions that affect a collective which has in recent years seen how they rights are stripped from them via brute force and are suffering constant harrasment and attacks from the alt-right. TL;DR if you are a company or corporation you aren't forced to celebrate Pride, but if you are going to do it, DON'T FUCKING HALF ASS IT, the LGBTQIA collective deserves more than being hidden and obscured. This is your reminder that... 1) Corporations aren't your friends 2) You shouldn't form parasocial relationships with 'em 3) Vote with your wallet 4) There's no ethical consumption under capitalism

[scaplivingtogether]

Seven Crimes and Punishments- Living Together: Judge Sitting and Girl Talk

Chapter 4

Judge Sitting and Girl Talk

Gallerian was conscience again, but the effects from the poison of the rose's thorns made him very weak, the sinners are in the men's bedroom around Gallerian's bed, Allen gave the Judge the antidote in Margarita's gift vile(Thanks to Michaela who supplied sap from her tree form).

"Here, drink this." He said. The Judge took the vile and drank it all greedily, feeling his wounds healing and his strength coming back to him, he tried to get out of bed...but was no use.

"What the hell? Did it work?" He asked while struggling to stand up.

"It did, it just takes a while for the affects to completely work." Allen said, "But in the meantime your gonna be dead from the waist down for...at least two hours."

'Two hours!?"

"Woooow, we're here for a few hours and now Gallerian's temporally handicapped." Banica said.

"Watch it you! My Little Michelle was handicapped!' Gallerian snapped, Nemesis rolled her eyes in disgust.

"Tragic, a sad old man who plays with dolls." Riliane said shaking her head and holding in her laugh.

"SHE"S NOT A DOLL!" Gallerian yelled at her.

"Alright ladies let's leave the grumpy old man alone, go and do each others nails or something." Allen said lightly shoving the women out of the room. "As for you Sateriasis, your gonna be the man's legs until he can walk again."

Sateriasis had been laying on his bed cuddling with his body pillow which had a picture of Gumina Glassred on it the whole time sat up and said: "What? Me his legs?"

"You kinda did deserve it for the Twister thing." Allen said smirking. "Besides, he may want to take a bath and your the biggest one here to carry someone at his weight, no offense Judge."

"None taken." Gallerian said, he laid their for a while thinking about what Allen said, he smirked at the duke, "Revenge time." He thought, "You heard the little brat Duke, your gonna be my little bitch for the next two hours, until I can walk again."

Sateriasis let out a half-hearted laugh, "You bet your dirty money you think I'm gonna be your bitch, old man, I'm the dominate male of the "Seven Deadly Sins" I shalt not take orders from a doll-obsessed miser."

"That's enough out of you both, you're both full-grown civilized men here so start acting like it, one last thing." Allen said as he took out a list. "I told the Master of the Hellish Yard what happened and she gave me a list of do's and don'ts you should follow until you're fully recovered, Gallerian..." He cleared his voice and said:

"No Gunfights,

No knife fights,

No Hand-to-Hand combat with Nemesis and/or Sateriasis,

No viewing of Scary films,

No consumption of Alcohol,

No Smoking,

No bathing in cold water,

No Skydiving..."where is her ladyship getting this list from?",

No listening to "Little Orphan Annie" on the radio,

No activating [Punishment],

No handling of the Vessels of Sin,

and under No circumstances that you may participate in "Sexual Intercourse" with the nearest person."

Allen closed the list saying: "Other wise the healing process will take longer, and you certainly don't want to be stuck as a Vegetable forever, do you?"

Sateriasis then busted out laughing when he heard the last part, falling on the floor holding his gut with his right hand and pounding the floor with his left.

"No Sex, Oh what's a sad old man to do?" Gallerian said sarcastically while tilting his head back, but then faced Allen again when he noticed something was not right. "Wait, did She actually wrote in that last part?"

"Yeah, apparently she's under the impression that your a "Perverted Old Trash Can"...as quoted by her." Allen said.

"And how may I ask did she get that impression?" Gallerian asked irritability.

"I honestly don't know."

Sateriasis calmed down from laughing so hard, wiping the tears from his eyes with is handkerchief and said "Oh please Judge, as far as anyone's concern, any person who had their first affair with a "curtain Playwright" is considered a male slut, Ha ha ha ha!"

Gallerian's face turned into a tomato from what he said, he covered his face with his blanket and said: "Shut up that matter is private! AND it was Ma's fault that she never told me about that green haired demon."

"Cheeky lady-killer." Riliane said poking her head in the room.

"Riliane. Ladies room. Now. Go." Allen said sternly, She rolled her eyes and left.

"Mark my words Judge." Sateriasis said next to him. "Though you keep saying that it you two are just good friends." He got close to his ear and whispered, "You can't deny the fact that your "friend" is a beautiful seductress." he blew into his ear, causing the Judge push him away, and hid under his covers.

"Leave me alone." He whined.

"Very well then, I'm going to be checking in with Sickle about these events, I'll be back in just a few moments, Sateriasis you take care of this guy and that's that." Allen said as he left the room, he opened the ladies room and saw the girls talking. "Kayo, I'll be checking in with Sickle so your in charge until I get back."

"I might as well, It'll keep me occupied while I tailor." She said quietly as she continues to sew Gallerian's sleeve back into the open seams of his cloak.

"Thanks." He left afterwards.

"You never get a break don't you, Hun?" Banica said to the tailor, drinking blood grave.

"I have to concentrate on my work, I hold my scissors very hard in hand, and I always follow a motto my mother used to say after she gave me her scissors."

"What's the Motto?" Margarita asked, brushing her pigtails.

"The more you sharpen them, the better they cut." Kayo said holding up her scissors.

"Nice motto." Banica said.

"You peasants do realize that we're in a box, and that you'll soon run out of things to sew and tailor? Nom nom nom." Riliane said eating chocolate Pocky.

"I'll think of something child." Kayo replied, "Believe it or not I don't tailor all the time, I take walks, chat, feed fishes, clean the tuna, spring clean the house, sharpen the scissors, and play the shamisen, one shalt not stereotype people based off of one skill alone."

"Ok, Nom nom nom."

"I want one of those." Nemesis said, taking a pocky.

"~You two should do the pocky game~" The girls turned their heads and saw Sateriasis poking his head by the door.

"SATI!" Riliane yelled as she threw a pillow at him, she missed and he let out a mischievous giggle.

"I was just kidding, he he he."

"Get out you pervert!" Nemesis sneered.

"Sateriasis! I need a bath!" He heard Gallerian yell for him.

"CAN YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU CAN WALK AGAIN!?" Sateriasis yelled back.

"I WANT ONE NOOOOOOOOW! I SMEEEEEELLL!" Gallerian whined, the duke can hear him pounding the bed like a brat.

"Fiiiine." He said in a Sarcastic tone, Nemesis was holding in her laugh for how her Father's acting towards the Duke.

"He's acting like my mother right now." Nemesis said, covering her mouth.

"Ah yes, Ma, she was such a card at Evils Theater." Banica said in a amused way. "You did say she survived [Punishment]'s blast right?"

"I hoped so."

"Talk about "Oedipus Complex" much right?" Riliane whispered to Margarita.

"WHAT?!"

"Nothing! She said you have nice nails, a beautiful shade of red! Just like the City of Calgaround!" Margarita said out loud in panic.

"Suuuuure she said that." Gallerian said sarcastically while being carried by Sateriasis bridal style.

"Drop him off the staircase Duke!" Riliane said.

"I can't then Allen will yell at me and punish me." Sateriasis said childishly.

"Damn ri-wait which "Punishment" are we talking about here?" Gallerian asked, causing Sateriasis to burst out laughing again.

"I can think of many things he meant by "Punishment"." Banica said wiggling her Eyebrows.

"EW NO! THEY'RE FULL GROWN MEN! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU!?" Kayo said in disgust.

"It's not so bad once you see it, trust me, fu fu fu."

"Not sure if I should take your word for it or not."

"I got a camera for it." Margarita said, holding up a old-fashioned camera.

"When did you have that thing?" Banica asked.

"Just in case I want to press charges for Kasper's infidelity and involvement with the black market, tee-hee."

"You could've done that instead of using Gift on Toragay and that cheating Bastard." Nemesis said.

"But he and the town looked so tired and had been through a lot, I didn't want to be a burden on them."

Nemesis's eye began twitching, "...Alright, you know what?" She stood up. "You ladies talk among yourselves. I've had it! You three are a little too weird which is okay. But you! You, my gift-making friend, are a freak. I can't handle freaks. These freaks I can handle. You, my Dad, and Sati included however, are freaky." she walked out of the room.

"Was it something I said?" Margarita asked.

~A few minutes later in the bathroom~

Sateriasis placed the naked Judge into the warm tub.

"Turn on the radio." Gallerian responded after sinking in. "I like to hear some jazz." Sateriasis rolled his eyes and did what he said, it only took a bit due to Sateriasis being unfamiliar with technology from his own Era, the radio channel to the heavy metal channel on full blast for some reason, Gallerian and Sateriasis covered their ears from the deafening music, but the Duke was able to change it to the channel Gallerian wanted.

"STOP! Stop! It's perfect." Gallerian said as he sank back in. "Thank you."

Sateriasis rapidly shook his head before saying: "I think I lost my ability to hear from my right ear." Just when Sateriasis was about to leave...

"Wait! I want Ice Cream!"

"Seriously? Your in the blasting tub!" Sateriasis exclaimed.

"I won't make a mess idiot, I'll be using a bowl!"

"The toilet bowl?"

Gallerian throws a bar of soap at him, which doesn't count as hand to hand combat. "DON'T RUIN ICE CREAM FOR ME!"

"Alright! Alright! I'll get your ice cream." Sateriasis left the room.

~In the living room~

Nemesis was by the telephone trying to call someone, She was looking through the phone book for someone's name till she stopped at "Kayo Sudou."...Her mother, not the tailor.

"There she is." She said as she dialed in her number on the telephone until she hears a beeping noise in there.

"Hello?"

"Mother, it's great to he-"

"I'm sorry but I'm not home right now but I will appreciate it you leave a message for me K? hugs and kisses *chu* fu fu fu, bye bye! *Hangs up*"

Nemesis stood there with blank expression, "Damn it." She mumbled as she slammed the phone down.

"Anything wrong dear?" Nemesis heard someone in the kitchen.

"I was calling Mother to see if I can reach her, but all I got is her message." She walked into room and saw Sateriasis making a bowl of Strawberry Ice Cream. "What about you?"

"Making a bowl of Ice Cream for your father."

"I can't believe your taking orders form that jackass, why is that?"

"Because I've lost control of my life."

"Eh?"

"No, I had to do to take orders from him, he won't shut up and Allen wanted me to be his legs until he can walk again."

"Drop the Ice cream on his head."

"I would but I can't." He began walking up the stairs, "I don't want to get in trouble."

"He's only Fourteen, you can take on a fourteen year old."

"True, but he has god as his witness, He he he he." He walked up the stairs to give Gallerian his Ice Cream.

"Hm, Good one." Nemesis said with a small smirk.

~Up stairs~

He was about to open the door, but then he noticed something off, he peeked inside and saw Gallerian laying on his back...with his left leg crossed over his right out of the water while humming, it hasn't been two hours and yet..."HE TRICKED ME!" Thought Angrily, "HE WASN'T IMMOBILE AT ALL, AND THAT BRAT WAS IN ON IT TOO! NO ONE EVER DOUBLE CROSSES ME!" He was clawing on the bowl he was holding as his right eye twitches, but then he regained his composure and knocked on the door.

Gallerian sunk his legs down and said: "Come in!"

Sateriasis came in with a smile on his, a smile that hid his true nature. "I got the Ice Cream for you." He said still smiling.

"Ah yes thank you."

Sateriasis lulled him into a false sense of security by handing it over slowly...before slamming the bowl on Gallerian's head.

"AGH! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!?" He angrily spat while shaking the ice cream off his head.

"YOU AND ALLEN TRICKED ME YOU BLUE HEADED BASTARD!" Sateriasis yelled angrily, finally snapping. "I SAW YOUR LEGS!"

"Ok so we faked my condition, It was to teach you that I don't like being made your whore during twister!" Gallerian frowned at him.

"THAT DOESN'T GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO TRICK ME AND LATER MADE YOUR SERVANT!"

Gallerian then stood from the tub, still covered in soap and Strawberry Ice Cream and slapped him across the face, before being slapped back and so on. Sateriasis then grabbed Gallerian by his hair and waist, "OW OW OW OW!" He yelped as Sateriasis dragged the Judge out of the bathroom and bowled his slippery body across the corridor floor like a cowboy at a bar fight until his head hit the boy's bedroom door. "Ow." Gallerian was able to get up before being strangled by his neck. Banica looked out side and exclaimed in excitement: "Holy crap! Naked Beelzenian Wrestling!" The girls saw and started gawking, excluding Riliane who's eyes got covered by Kayo.

Gallerian kneed the Duke in his "eggplant", Sateriasis let out a high-pitch female screech as he let goes of Gallerian, the Judge ran down stairs to the front door.

~Meanwhile down stairs~

Nemesis was opening a can of Pepsi from the fridge, a popular beverage first invented in Mastia during the late 9th Century EC. She heard a ruckus upstairs along with Banica yelling: "Holy crap! Naked Beelzenian Wrestling!" but never bothered to go up, it was then she saw her deadbeat Father running to the front door, naked, and covered in soap and ice cream in which caused Nemesis to spit out her soft drink upon seeing him buck naked. She looked at the can she drank from and proceeds to pour the can out the window.

The door was locked, Gallerian looked back and saw Sateriasis, who had recovered from the Judge's kick, came running down with a broom in hand before Gallerian ran into the living room, Nemesis got in the hallway to avoid the action. "KICK HIS ASS, DUKE!" She exclaimed.

Sateriasis then got on Gallerian's back and began pulling on his leg way back to Saterasis's shoulder, Gallerian yelped in pain as he began pounding the ground. In the hallway, Allen came in through the door with a small black bag in hand and saw the two wrestling in the living room.

"Oh crap, he found out." Allen thought upon realizing that Sateriasis had discovered their prank, he slipped by the hall, only for the Duke to catch him.

"YOU!" He hissed as he began chasing him in the hall, into the kitchen, then the dining room, then back in the living, and repeat, that is until Allen hid in the closet. "LET ME IN YOU LITTLE BRAT!" Gallerian was able to recover and slip back upstairs back to his bedroom.

"Nice butt." Banica said winking, causing Gallerian to blush.

"I got your cloak fixed." Kayo said.

"Thanks." He said, taking the cloak. "Where's that Greedy Bastard!" Gallerian heard Sateriasis yell, he hid in his Bedroom and locked the door. Once Sateriasis left, Allen opened the the closet.

"Prank?" Margarita asked.

"Me and Gallerian don't tolerate the pervert's behavior so we made him our servant for the time be-OW!" Saterasis pulled on his ponytail for the stairs.

"Gotcha! You insufferable little brat!" He said smirking as he dragged him upstairs, he walked in the bathroom and stuffed his head in the toilet and began flushing the toilet.

"A swirly? That's so gross and childish." Nemesis said.

~Downstairs~

There lays a bag Allen was carrying, emotionless...but then Light started showing in it, it then out grew and torn the bag apart, showing a blond headed "girl" with violet eyes, wearing a black bikini top with matching short shorts, slip on shoes, and six small bat wings holding four yellow Mirrors, chained up in "her" hands.

"How bloody rude of the god to put me in a bag all the way here." the "girl" said irritably. "What's going on up there?" The said "girl" flew up with "her" wings and saw Sateriasis give Allen a swirly.

"STOP IT! THAT'S TOO FAR!" Riliane yelled as she began to pull on Sateriasis's ponytail, thus releasing his grip of the boy's head.

"Hahahahahah! There's nothing like a good ol' live sitcom preformed by a pack of circus clowns!" The winged "Girl" laughed. Everyone turned their attention to her upon hearing her laughing.

"Lucifer, what are you doing here?" Riliane asked.

"This child is Lucifer?" Gallerian asked after coming out of the bedroom, wearing his clothes.

"He's my Demon."

"HE?" Everyone but the twins and Lucifer reacted accordingly.

"Why yes, the one and only Demon of Pride! But you can call me "Gou-Chan" or "Lucifer" if you like." He bows, "Now to answer my contractor's question, Allen brought me and my mirrors here."

"True story." Allen answered, drying his hair off. "He knew that something like this was going to happen so he volunteered to be your guys mentor."

"Oh? So now we're taking orders from our demons?" Banica said sarcastically, "They're the one who screwed us ten-fold in the first place."

"We knew what we did was wrong, but we're gonna help you this time, just so Held won't turn us into newts." Lucifer answered up close to the fake demon's face. "With me, It'd be both a learning experience for you seven, and plain entertainment for me."

"How will you do it?" Kayo asked.

"Simple." He took out the four mirrors of Lucifenia and held them up above his head and yelled: "ALTERNATE UNIVERSES!!"

Everyone even Allen was confused of what the demon meant, the mirrors started to glow in a very radiant light until it consumes the entire house, then the box, until nothing.

END CHAPTER